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UNITED Stra'rns f' FRANK Il. JONES AND EDWIN C. JONES or nosroN, MASSACHUSETTS,

ASSIGNORS TO Tl-IE BOSTON CI-IECK AND TICKET COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PERFECTl-NG PLATTEN-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,760, dated May 3.1., 1898.

Application tiled November l1, 1896. Serial No. 611,778. ('No model.)

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Be it known that We, FRANK L. JONES and EDWIN C. JONES, citizens of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of ASuiliolk and Statel of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Perfectin g Platen-Press, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is the constru ction of a press for printing both sides of cards, checks, tickets, and such like matter and deliverin g the same suitably cut and assorted. In the drawings forming part of this speciication, Figure l is a side elevation of the upper part of our machine. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation throughs@ :nin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a'detail end View of Vthecard shearing and reversing mechanism, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section at ze in Fig. 3 of the adjusting mechanism of thel shearing device.

The sideframes A of our machine have rigidly connected to their upper edges the two platens B and F, the former of which is designed and adaptedfor the top print and the .latter for the under print. The form cis held ,I by the bed C, held in the oscillating framerC,

pivoted upon the shaft C,. is oscillated by means of the pitman-rods C3 and crank-pins C, carriedby the'disks C5 on each side of the frame A. The ink-rolls d are actuated in much the usual manner through the spring-boxes d and pivoted ba 's d.

-D D' are the distributingrolls, rotated by suitable)` gearing DT.

lOi" the two \riders D5 the right-hand one receives ink from the roll D3, forming part of the ink-reservoir. This reservoir is supported upon th'e arms D5, rigidly mounted upon the shaft C", the latter being keyed in the frame A'. Hence as the typebed C is oscillated the rider J ralternately rests upon and recedes from he ink-roll D5, intermittently taking ink therefrom and transferring it tv the distrbuters D D. The ink-roll D3 is slowly rotated by means of the arm D4, carrying the dog D9, engaging a ratchet-wheel on said roll. Said arm is actuated by coming in 4Contact with projections D5, carried by the frame C.

' The under printing mechanism comprises' the bed G,Vhaving its arms G' pivoted. at G2 This bed-frame (Indicated in Fig. 2.).

-movable in the dovetail grooves shown: in Fie'. 2 andare reciprocated by the levers II, pivoted on the shaft II5 and oscillated by to the frame A and oscillated through the medium of the pitman-rods G3 and crankpins G5, carried by the disks G5 and shaft G4. One of said disks is peripherally toothed and meshes with one of the disks C5, correspond ingly toothed, so t at they rotate synchrd' nously. 4The roll II for inking the type carried by thebed G is carried by the links II', pivoted on the slides .112. Said` slides are the side cams IIS, acting on the friction-rolls Hf and the straddle-arin H5. Said roll II is brought to the position shown in Fig. 1' by having its axes ride upon the inclined blocks h', and thereby made' to contact with the'distributing-roll K. The distributing-rolls K K are rotated by means of sprocket-wheels and chain K9 K10 and sprocket K11, mounted on the shaft 115.

K5 represents the rider or vibrator, while K2 is the vibrator made to intermittently contact with the fountain-roll K5 and the distributer K by means of the slides H2. This is done by having the axes of said vibrator rest upon the said slides and by providing the latter-with the inclines H5. The fountainroll K4 is slowly rotated through the agency of the dog K5, engaging the' ratchet-Wheel of the former, the rod K5, and adjusting-slot K7 of the oscillating arm H, The pressure of the ink-roll H upon the type isincreased by the springs h". The shaft H5 is rotated by the gear H9, meshing with the gear G6 on the Shaft G4.

The card-paper P, taken from the 'reel P', is fed to the press by means of the cylinder' E and the presser-roll e. The feed-cylinder E is moved by means of the ratchet E', pawl E", pitman E4, and adjustable crank-pin E5 on the gear E6, which meshes with the -Uear C5 and drives the same. The gear EG is nade precisely one-fourth the diameter of the gear C5 in order that the feeding of the paper shall 95 occur between the impression strokes of the two type-beds. A r

The disks Er", two in'number and mounted on the` rod E8, are4 for the purpose ofguiding,

the paper on its Way t? the printing mechan- IOQ ism. Suitable set-screws E9 permit of their adjustment on said rod E8. inder e, by means of which the motion of the feed-cylinder is insured to the paper P, is enabled to have its pressure upon said cylinder varied by means of the eccentric shaft e', the quadrant e", and the resilient arm e2, engaging the notches in said quadrant.

Our means for cutting, punching, and assorting theprinted cards are as follows: The

blade M is bolted to the blocks N, reciprocated `on the vertical rods O through the agencyv of the connecting-rods N4, cross-head N5, link N6, lever N7, and side cam NB, mounted on the shaft C4. The fixed blade M' of the shears is secured to the brackets N2, rigidly held by the said rods O, and the severed cards are received upon fheendless apron R2, carried by the rollers R R. The roller R is preferably lower than its companion and is partially surrounded by the reversing-shield R3, Whose lower edge terminates in the inclined chutes R4. By this arrangement a severed card falls uponrthe apron R2, passes about the lower roller, and is delivered to the chute R4 with itsV faces reversed. Sliding down the inclined chute the cards pile one upon the other in a suitable receptacle vand l with the proper faces uppermost.

there is no diicnlty in feeding the 'strips in parallel lines. The reversing-shield R is so ssA termed for the reason that its function is to reverse or turn upside down each printed card. This reversal is required in order to brin gtle consecutive numbering of the cards in the proper order. In printing restaurant. checks upon their upper faces' a numbering attachment (not shown) applies to the said faces the required consecutive numbering. If the cards thus printed and severed one after the other are'permitted to fall directly one uponthe other, the resulting pile Will read, for instance, 25, 24C, 23, che., down to l, instead of in the proper order. 3y reversing each card the pile will read in the proper consecutive order and not require to be subsequently turned by hand one by one. The reversing-shield R performs its Work by receiving the cards With their faces uppermost and delivering them to the chutes R4 With The presser-c vltheir backs'uppermost. Saidchutes are inclined instead of being'placed vertical, in

without danger of again becoming reversed and also in order to deliver; the cards in a vertical pile in the receptacle below.

To adjust the shears and punches with respect to the printing mechanism, We have the feet of the rods O clasp the rim 'l" of the base T, as shown in Fig. 2, and provide the Worms O2, gears O3, and shaft O4, having handle O5 and worms meshing with said gears.

What We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters -Patent, is as follows, to Wit:

1; The combination of the top print and the umder print arranged to oscillate alternately, the intermeshing gears, cranks and pitmen by which such oscillation 'is performed, the gear E6, one-fourth of thc diameter of said gears, the adjustable crank-pin, E5, pitman, E4, pawl and ratchet, E, E', the feed-cylinder, E, and the presser-roll, e, whereby the print between the oscillations of the latter.

2. The oscillatin g top print having its frame tion with the fountain and its ink-roll, the frame, D5, rigidly mounted on said shaft, the arm, D4, dog D9, engaging ratchet on said inkroll, and the projections, D6, extending from said oscillating frame into contact with said arm, D4, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the shaft, G4, cams, H8, straddle-arms, H6, friction-rolls engaging vibrator actuated by said levers, the distributers, the ink-fountain and fount-roll K4, the "dog, K5, rod, K6, and the adjusting-slot, K7, of the lever, H4, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

4. The combinationot the vertical rods, O, brackets, N2, fixed thereon, the blocks, N, movable on said rods, the cross-head, N5, connecting-rods, N4, joining said Icross-head and blocks, link, N6, lever, N7, and cam, NS, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of the vertical rods and the punching and shearing mechanism carried thereby, the printing mechanism, the

said rods clasping said rims, and the means for adjusting said feet toward and from the printing mechanism,for the purpose set forth.

invention We have hereunto set our hands this 9th day of November, in the year 1896.

' FRANK L. JONES. EDWIN C. JONES.

Witnesses:

A. B. UPHAM, N. Louis Shannon.`

order that the cards may pass down the same4 paper is fed to the said upper and under pivoted upon the fixed shaft, C, in oombina- A said cams, the levers, H4, the inking-roll and..

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